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Mans Infirmitie.74. To curse.) A goodly example and warning to mans infirmity, and to take heed of presumption, and to hang only upon God in tentations.

Peters teares and repentance.75. Wept bitterly.) S. Ambrose in his Hymne that the Church useth at Laudes, speaking of this, saith: Hoc ipsa Petra ecclesia canente, culpam dilvit. When the Cock crew, the Rock of the Church himself washed away his fault. S. August. 1. Retract. c. 21.

 

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CHAP. XXVII.

 

The cheefe of the Jewes accuse him to Pilat the Gentil (his betrayer, and the Judge, and the Judges wife, testifying in the meane time manifoldly his innocencie:) 20. and perswade the common People also, not only to preferre the murderer Barabbas, but also to crie, Crucifige: (Al, to the reprobation of their whole Nation, and nothing but fulfilling the Scriptures) 27. After many illusions, 31. he is crucified by the Gentils. 38. Which the Jewes seeing, do triumph as if they had now the victorie. 45. But even then by many wonderful works he declareth his might, to their confusion. 57. Finally being buried, they to make al sure, set souldiars to keepe his sepulcher.

 

PRIME, or Hora prima, in the Churches Service.
GOOD FRIday.Mr. 15, 1.
Lu. 23, 1.
Jo. 18, 28.AND when morning was come, al the cheefe Priests and Ancients of the People consulted together against Jesus, that they might put him to death. ²And they brought him bound and delivered him to Ponce Pilate the President.

³Then Judas that betrayed him, seeing that he was condemned ″ repenting him, returned the thirtie silver peeces to the cheefe Priests and Ancients, ⁴saying: I have sinned, betraying just bloud. But they said: What is that to us? looke thou to it. ⁵And casting downe the silver peeces in the temple, he departed: and went and ″ hanged himself with an halter. ⁶And the cheefe Priests having taken the silver peeces, said: It is not lawful to cast them into the ^[1] Corbana, because it is the price of bloud. ⁷And after they had consulted togeather, they bought with them the potters field, to be a burying place for strangers. ⁸For this cause that field was called Haceldama, that is, Zac. 11, 12.the field of bloud, even to this present day. ⁹Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremie the Prophet, saying: And they tooke the thirtie peeces of silver, the price of the priced, whom they did price of the children of Israel. ¹⁰And they gave them into the potters field, as our Lord did appoint to me.

¹¹And Jesus stood before the President, and the President asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jewes? Jesus saith to him: Thou sayest. ¹²And when he was accused of the cheefe Priests and Ancients, he answered nothing. ¹³Then Pilate saith to him: Doest thou not heare how great testimonies they alleage against thee? ¹⁴And he answered him not to any word: so that the President did marvel excedingly.

HORA TERTIA, in the Churches Service.¹⁵And upon the solemne day the President had accustomed to release unto the People one prisoner, whom they would. ¹⁶And he had then a notorious prisoner, that was called Barabbas. ¹⁷They

1. This Corbana was a place about the Temple, which receaved the Peoples guifts, or offerings. See Mar. 12, 42.